Remember Your Why
Remember Your Why is a podcast that features guests who have battled addiction and mental health issues, sharing the struggles they faced and their stories of success and recovery. The host hopes to show that recovery is possible and that beautiful things can happen when you give yourself a chance. Whether you are just starting out or have been healing for a while, the show encourages you to remember the 'why' that brought you to this moment.
Episodes
I can truly get to the depths of the dreaming I used to do as a 5, 6 year old little boy.
Dan has a list of amazing accolades on Broadway for over twenty years, but his biggest gifts of sobriety are his two-year-old son and his husband. Dan shares his powerful journey from a late start with alcohol to the darkest moments of addiction- and how recovery transformed his life. In this episode, he opens up about the struggles that nearly broke him, the lessons he learned along the way, and
Sobriety gave me a second chance at life
It took me over 20 years to get sober. The mountain I had to climb was monumental & it turns out, I was the mountain. I was my own worst enemy. Definitely the hardest battle I have ever faced, but also the most rewarding because sobriety is beautiful. It's an everyday battle when suffering from addiction, but we're all worth a chance at a second chance at life.
I drink and do drugs. That's who I am. It's in my bones. It's in my soul.
My dear friend Jesse shares so much strength and hope in this episode, as well as his wisdom about addiction and recovery. Be sure to check it out!
Turn your pain into purpose.
Janice grew up in an alcoholic home, but did not fall into her full blown addiction until after she had kids. Hear her story here and what that looked like for her.
Dear future me... I don't know what's ahead of us, but I'm ready for it.
Candice struggled with addiction for over twenty years. For her, she had many different emotional bottoms. Hear her story and how she uses the tools she has learned and her higher power, to tackle whatever life throws at her today.
I got to that point where I was pretty sure this thing was gonna kill me.
Mike's story is one that is filled with detoxes, rehabs, homelessness and institutions. Listen to hear how he overcame serious low bottoms time and time again and is now living a beautiful life in recovery.
You really owe it to yourself to give this a shot, because this can be life changing for you if you're really struggling.
Jacob had a serious health scare from his drinking at just 39 years old, which prompted him to take action and make some changes in his life, especially because he had a wife and 3 young girls to think about. Hear his story here...
I experience pain now but I experience joy too. I was so hopeless for so long and now my life is filled with hope.
Julie, who is a fellow podcaster herself, recently celebrated three years of sobriety, and has an amazing story to share. It is one that encompasses family, mental health, addiction and recovery. Listen here...
We believe that life is for growth and growth, though painful, is always worth the effort.
Judas & Magnolia have quite a story behind their nine year sobriety journey together. Listen here...
I was very blessed to be in a situation to get better. You're worth it.
Kate has been sober since December 21, 1999, as she recalls it to be the first day of winter, and to her, the longest night of the year. Hear her story of strength and resilience here.
You can't get too high or too low. It's the rhythm of balance.
Hear my chat with Dr. J, who has been sober since 1987, here...
You are never too young or to old to shuffle the deck of life.
Lisa was a binge drinker who, after years and years of addiction , got to the point where she wanted to die. She laid down in the middle of a street hoping that would be the end. That is where her disease took her. To the darkest parts of her mind. Listen to her story and how she overcame her crippling past and has been living a life in recovery for 30 years.
Sobriety gave me a second chance at life
It took me over 20 years to get sober. The mountain I had to climb was monumental & it turns out, I was the mountain. I was my own worst enemy. Definitely the hardest battle I have ever faced, but also the most rewarding because sobriety is beautiful. It's an everyday battle when suffering from addiction, but we're all worth a chance at a second chance at life.
I can see myself in that lens because I was there, and now I'm here.
Chrissy has been sober since November 2022. She and I spoke a lot about alcohol and its negative effects, why we think addiction and mental health need to be talked about much more and so many other hot topics surrounding alcohol and addiction. Listen here!
You're still going to get to that same destination. You just have to change that way.
Michelle spoke about how time and money are the most gratifying things about being sober. Can't get time back or money back, but in sobriety, we don't waste time anymore. We get to do things now. Hear our discussion about her story here...
I remember my why through my purpose.
Jimmy has been sober since 2016. He just turned 50 years old which seemed like a feat that was unattainable back when he was in active addiction. Now, 50 and sober, is a beautiful thing. Hear his story here...
Great is one of those little words that doesn't even begin to cover what I feel about my sobriety.
Check out Duncan’s story here…
Waking up motivated instead of wanting to die is a great day.
Dan's sobriety date is January 7, 2023. His started drinking at age 15, but at age 23, cocaine came into play and that was something he wasn't ready for... how addictive it truly is. It became an everyday thing for him and got a hold of him. Things did get pretty dark for him mentally and some health issues arose as well. Listen to Dan tell his story here...
It is glorious when you get to the other side.
Erinn is a mom that now gets to show up for her children. She has been sober for almost five years and has found peace and serenity in her recovery which is truly incredible. She talks a lot about that aspect in our discussion. We also talked about how alcohol affects mental health as well as how toxic it truly is for our bodies... things everyone should know about. Hear our chat here...
I get to live life now.
Steve is a podcaster and also an alcohol addiction recovery coach. He has been sober since March 2021. He started drinking around age 19, which was just the beginning of the insidious of alcohol. Drinking made things easier- being outgoing, feeling included... until it became more frequent and during the daytimes as well. Listen to my chat with Steve here...
I never imagined what all sobriety could be until I finally surrendered and gave it a chance.
Kristen just turned three years sober. She had a dual addiction to alcohol and Xanax. She also suffered from anxiety and OCD. She used alcohol to mask the anxiety in social settings. Things escalated quickly between the pills and the drinking.Hear her story here... it is a powerful one!Follow her on Instagram: sobergirltribe
Don't Quit On Quitting
Greg has been sober since October 2023. He is doing something really special and amazing. Starting August 10th and finishing August 31st he will be walking from Lake Superior in Superior, WI to Lake Michigan in Cudahy, WI to raise awareness about addiction and mental health. This will be his second walk and he will be raising money to help those that are at the United Community Center, which has
I was definitely using alcohol to switch my brain off.
Louisa is a therapist in the UK that specializes in anxiety and and habit change. She was doing this all while struggling with her own battle with alcohol. She now shares her story of sobriety to help countless others who are struggling. Hear my amazing chat with her here...
Anything we put before sobriety, we lose.
Sam has been sober since 2011. She and I actually went to high school together and it was really special to reconnect as were both on our sobriety journeys now. Her addiction began during those teenage years of wanting to fit in and be social around others and that's where her love affair with alcohol started. Now married with a baby, Sam overcame all of the adversity and troubles life throu
At the end of the day the only why is love because we have to love ourselves to stay in recovery.
Michela spoke to us from Italy about her sobriety and recovery. She has been sober since 2001. She spoke about relationships with alcohol, her loved ones and her faith. Hear her wisdom and strength as she tells her story.
Alcoholism, addiction- it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless you're in it.
Shana has been sober since November 2021. She had tried to get sober for close to two decades prior to that. As most alcoholics, the booze had a hold on her. She went to treatment centers, sober living, AA and struggled to find recovery, but she never gave up. Shana also struggled with mental health issues, and you will hear her share about that during this podcast. Now a mom, recovery and life co
Try to find it within you to want to get clean. Don't ever give up hope.
Mary and Ralph got sober together back in October 2020. When they met they were both using and drinking heavily and not their best selves, but they knew deep down that they were good people so they pushed through all of the struggles, the violence and arrests to get to the place they're at today. They have their own apartment, dogs and living a happy life in recovery.But meth and drinking too
I'm not a bad person. I made some bad decisions, but I'm not a bad person.
Joe recently celebrated a year of sobriety. He picked up in his teen years with school parties- drinking and weed- weekend warrior type of scenario. But that quickly progressed, as it does with addiction. For the most part, it became a daily thing. Once he got out of high school, he got an apartment with a girl in the Bronx. He thought he was in love, but he was still young and unsure of his futur
Maybe there's a reason we had the past we had, so we can give back now.
Ryan is a speaker and humanitarian who speaks his truth and inspires others on the daily. But he has had many serious struggles and situations that he's needed to overcome.Ryan was one of Canada's most well known marijuana smugglers and he earned the title, "King of Weed." He was featured on an episode of National Geographic's 'Locked up Abroad.' Prior to that, h
Addiction is an actual illness... an actual mental illness that makes my brain works differently.
Caroline lives in a small village just outside of Bristol in the UK. She has been sober since November 2012. When she was 13/14 years of age she started messing around with drinking and weed. She was very attracted to the people who were doing things more exciting and fun. Pills came into the picture and the disease of more was prevalent. Heroin was next at the age of 17, and she felt that she&apo
You're not alone and you're certainly not unique.
Patrick has been sober since 1986. His addiction began around 13 years of age at a friends house with some punch that was different from what he drank as a kid. He says he became an "instant alcoholic." He felt peaceful and accepted, which we all longed for. His interest in playing sports changed because he just wanted to drink. It was a psychic change. Knowing the drink was there was al
All we need to do is humble ourselves, put our hand out and ask "Help me, help me please. I don't know where to go."
Anora's date of sobriety is December 8, 2018. Took her two years before that to be gifted by the program. It was a struggle and a gift. She had two stints in rehab before that. A large part of her drinking was filling up what was empty inside. It filled a void. It's crazy to think how many of us had good parents, good education, kind siblings and beautiful children, but still had that em
It's not until I get to a meeting that I realize why I'm there.
Mal has been sober since 1987. Alcoholism did run in his family, mostly in his uncles, who were great role models to him growing up. He first picked up a drink playing around with it here and there at the age of twelve/thirteen. It got serious when he was fifteen going to a school dance and he was going to meet girls, and he felt the need to feel comfortable, so he drank Southern Comfort and that
Everyday I thought, this is it for me, this is how I am... I'm a drinker. I'm just a drinker.
Lindsey is a sober coach with 3.5 years of sobriety under her belt. She offers one on one coaching as well as a group coaching program called 'Sobriety is Your Edge.' She feels everyone is at different stages in their journeys so it varies to a degree. This helps spread the word that recovery is possible and that you do not have to drink. Lindsey was 'Friday Night Lights' in hi
I honestly believe that nobody is beyond redemption.
Nicole has been sober for five years now. This is her second date. She was thirty three months when she relapsed. She grew up in a community in Canada where drinking alcohol, no matter the age was widely accepted. Did not seem out of the ordinary. The drinking culture was to "work hard, play hard." She first got really drunk at twelve years of age. She was very social and quite the plann
There is literally an entirely different life ready & waiting for you... you just have to be brave enough to take that first step.
Chloe has been sober since October 5, 2022. She first picked up when she was 13 going on 14 and things progressed quickly- one day she was smoking week, the next doing pills, then she was doing ketamine. The drugs made her feel less depressed, but as we know- the cycle is: it takes it all away, but brings it all back ten fold. The height of her addiction included homelessness, sleeping on drug de
How did I even deal with life being impaired, because life itself is hard in general. How did I do this drunk & high?
Vince has been sober since 2022. For 40 years he had a lifetime of using substances to cope with his life. He experienced a lot of childhood trauma and a lot of loss. He had been running from his addiction from a young age. Now he is present and stops to see the little things in life, such as a butterfly landing, or looking at a cardinal, or having best friends. Clarity is a beautiful thing. And
At the end of the day I must take care of myself first above everything else. I have to maintain my spiritual condition. I have to stay on point.
Chas 'Colicchie' is a recovering addict, hip hop artist and loving father. He is also incredibly motivational and inspiring for fellow addict and alcoholics. His sobriety date is June 7, 2015. Not the first date he has had but the one he is keeping. When he was younger, he never felt whole. Just felt like an outcast. Once he found drugs and alcohol at a young age, it seemed to be the sol
Gratitude is one of the key elements in my recovery. Everyday I wake up grateful to be alive.
Matthew is from Brooklyn, born & raised, and recently celebrated 14 months sober. His drug of choice was crack cocaine. That drug brought him to his knees and took everything from him. His higher power was a crack pipe. It quite literally beat him down. He had a very unpredictable childhood living with his father, and lots of trauma stemmed from that. It's been a long road working through
My why is because I still feel... I know physically, mentally what it feels like to be on that 5th day of a bender.
Darren is a happily married, soon to be father and together with his wife, they will be welcoming their first child. He has been sober since 2008. When things got to the height of his addiction, it became "bender city" and just wasn't fun anymore. Waking up with a hangover and needing a bump of coke and a beer just to "level out." That is where his addiction took him. He
Find somebody who has something you want & ask how they got it.
Seth has almost five years of sobriety. He picked up his first drink at 16 years old, and started drinking to feel accepted, as many of us alcoholics/addicts do. He was alcoholic drinking early on. Growing up he was around all the men in his life using alcohol as a tool to deal with stress, and masking emotions, yet on the flip side, it also was how they celebrated. It was prominent in his life.
Sobriety is this amazing string of miracles I get to be a part of.
Michele got sober at age 19 and has 28 years of recovery under her belt. Alcohol and drugs brought her down fast and she just needed something from a very early age just to be "ok." Existing in her own head was painful and drinking made all of that go away. It was amazing until it wasn't. Hear her story here...
Sobriety gave me a second chance at life
It took me over 20 years to get sober. The mountain I had to climb was monumental & it turns out, I was the mountain. I was my own worst enemy. Definitely the hardest battle I have ever faced, but also the most rewarding because sobriety is beautiful. It's an everyday battle when suffering from addiction, but we're all worth a chance at a second chance at life.
Take it minute by minute. Take it step by step.
Skyler Ray is an addict in recovery & a Hip-Hop artist based out of Portland, Oregon. At the height of his addiction he was homeless at 18 years old, living under bridges, in the food lines or in prison for drug related charges. His 20's looked like that. He spent over 5 years incarcerated. He now goes on his 'Road to Recovery' tour across the states talking to addicts in prison
You're worth recovery. Give it a go.
Maria has 16 years clean and sober. Consequences and an intervention all by the age of 16 were a part of her story. Hear how she overcame all of this, and about the ultimatum she was given by one of her children, which ultimately led to her getting sober. Now she is living a beautiful life in recovery and couldn't imagine life any other way.
You're looking so much at the destination you're not learning anything on the journey.
Growing up in the UK, Ian was able to walk into a bar at 15 and get served. He felt alcohol gave him the confidence he was lacking and thought of himself to be a good drinking buddy. Over time, he realized he was drinking to go out, drinking to stay home and wouldn't go out if drinking was not involved. He sensed the problem and after drinking for 30+ years, he decided it was time to make a c
I want to grow up before I die.
Gil started drinking at age 13 and things advanced very quickly for him, drugs and all, before the age of 16. He had made up his mind to get drunk as much as possible. He grew up in the city and was considered a street kid, so drinking made him feel accepted, He got in trouble at school and ended up in a therapeutic community, which was a very rough environment. Gil got sober by age 26, but that f
Once you accept that you have a problem with alcohol, that's when the change will take place.
Kristy just celebrated 3.5 years of sobriety. She's a single mom of two boys, working her dream job in fitness and that is all thanks to her recovery. Losing her mom at the young age of 20, alcohol became her medicine and what helped her numb from the reality of it all. Drinking through her emotions became her way of life. As alcoholism does, it only progressed as the years went on, which tu
I was the victim in every circumstance, but I was also the cause of every one of my circumstances.
Chad has been sober for six years. His first night drinking was quite a wild one, as you'll hear, and as he said, he was just always ready to 'dive in the deep end.'His drinking definitely progressed after college and he was a blackout drinker, so, like many others, a lot of his life is a blur. The insanity really came to fruition. Self pity. Loathing. Lying. Spiraling. It all playe
Once you start taking a chemical, whatever your poison is, everything else comes second.
Ron was a boxer who had never taken a drug in his life until he wound up in prison. He grew up in a tough environment- a lot of criminals in his family- and surrounded by dysfunction. Alcohol became his best friend and pretty much ran his life.Hear how Ron overcame so much turmoil and pain and is now living a life in sobriety He also has his own podcast that helps many others with addiction.
All the willpower and all of the thought that you think you have to be able to combat this is not enough. There is a solution out there for this that is rooted in the WE.
Greg's alcoholic and addictive behavior manifested in ways before it manifested in alcohol. In his early 30's the drinking began and he got sober at 39. Greg drank throughout college but for him, he never felt comfortable in his own skin. He never felt comfortable in his own skin, so he would seek validation through different ways. Early on it was steroids and the gym, then it was needed
You know how you got here & you know how to fix it.
Michael has been sober for over 3 years following a 20+ drinking career. Alcohol was his drug of choice. He knew he had the disease of alcoholism before he even took his first drink. Alcoholism ran in his family and he was scared to be like his dad. His earliest memories were of him passed out in the bathtub and those are tough images for a kid to see. During the ages of 18-40, Michael spent much
Reach out and let someone know you are struggling.
Jordan has been in recovery since 2022. He has suffered relapses, gone to many institutions, detoxes and sober houses. His drinking "career" first started around age 15 due to wanting to fit in, like many of us begin. Then pills came, and the harder drugs followed. Paired with his mental health, the road to sobriety did not come easy for him. Hear Jordan's story here...
One of the biggest gifts I got from recovery is being able to momentarily be in the moment. Right here, right now.
Barry has been sober since 2013. He is originally from New York but currently living in Italy where he has experienced both the bottoms of sobriety as well as the gifts of sobriety there. His drinking career began back in the sixth grade. He grew up in chaos, and both his parents drank alcoholically. He became the stereotypical "bad boy" and did a lot of acting out which landed him in so
Some thoughts are like a little black hole pulling me in and I'm fighting to not get pulled in. Like a tug of war with my thoughts.
Millions suffer from mental illness. It is so important to talk about because there is help available and so many are afraid to share their true feelings and emotions. It can be a matter of life and death. Michael has been suffering from depression, suicidal thoughts, anger, and anxiety. He has been in therapy on and off since the age of 12. He grew up with an abusive father which he speaks about
Living with addiction is a daily reprieve... it never goes away
Dennis first drank when he was 10 years old. Sure, it started out as just sips. But things, as they do, progressed as time went on. It went from drinking to smoking cigarettes and then weed. Fitting in was something Dennis wanted because he never felt comfortable in his own skin, or good enough for himself. Feeling he was a part of something was so crucial for him. Anything to fill that void was w
There was just nobody home anymore. I was a shell of a person.
Laureen is a mom to two boys from New York. She has 31 years of sobriety. She started drinking at the young age of 11/12 cleaning up after her parents parties and downing the drinks. She thought the taste was disgusting, but she enjoyed the fuzzy feeling. Alcoholism did run in her family- four out of seven of them are in recovery, while they are praying for one who is still suffering. Her mom star
I would take my worst day sober over my best day drinking.
Lisa has been sober for 12.5 years, married & a mom of three kids.She can honestly say she drank for more than half her life. Her first drink was at age 10. It started with parties because her older brother was a popular kid so they tagged along. Back then it was easy to obtain alcohol so it made things simpler in getting inebriated. She knew things were bad when she didn't want to eat an
I don't know who that person was... I never knew... I'm just figuring out who I am now
For Blake, alcohol helped him breathe when he was just 12 years young. That's how he felt. He drank and drove at that young age. It started early for Blake. Alcoholic drinking from 14 years old on was how he lived. Things, as they do with addicts and alcoholics, quickly progressed to drugs at age 16- weed came first, then coke, then pills and mushrooms. The progression goes so fast. It was a
I'm a true believer that everything happens in God's time & everything happens for a reason.
Quentin has been sober since 2018. He picked up his first drink around 11/12 years old but growing up he was big into sports and started out as just a weekend warrior. All through high school he wouldn't necessarily say it was manageable but he was just in a cloud and continued on. Once he picked up cocaine it all went downhill. He started using it, selling it and ended up getting arrested wh
I just try to be a little bit better today than I was the day before and not have to numb myself to the feelings that I have inside.
Annamarie has been sober since 2009. She started drinking in her early 30's. Up until that point, she was using food as her addiction. Following a surgery, she started out doing great and felt good about herself until the day she didn't and that void was then filled with alcohol. Things progressed quickly with her addictive personality. She began to drink to the point of oblivion and whi
Be honest enough with yourself. This is all about self-honesty, rigorous honesty.
I met Jorge back when I was in rehab down in Florida and he was a mentor. He helped me a lot along the way and it was special having him on my podcast. He has over 28.5 years of sobriety. He works in residential treatment, where they handle substance abuse and mental health amongst other things, and has been in the treatment field for 10 years. When he was a child, he experienced trauma that would
I had to earn all of my feelings and emotions... because I didn't know what they were.
Don is sober 20 years. Had his first drink at 12 and got wrecked. He went fishing with a buddy, went home and slept it off and woke up feeling horrible. But he couldn't wait to do it again. That launched him into his journey of drinking. For a long time he was just a weekend warrior before, at some point, it crossed the line. It was a moment looking at himself in the mirror, not too long afte
We can give it all up and have one thing or we can give up one thing and have it all.
Jill has seven years of sobriety and cannot even imagine where she'd be if she hadn't made the decision to get sober and live a life of recovery. It saved her life and she'd love to help the struggling addict, and pay it forward. She started drinking at 12 years old, and she felt as though she found this thing to help her get out of herself and feel comfortable in her own skin. Jill
Keeping my sobriety on top & letting nothing come in between that is the biggest thing I have learned.
Nigel started experimenting in high school... weed and drinking. Wanting to fit in and get invited to parties. Once he went to college, everything took a back burner to his drinking and partying. He continued to spiral out from there. Drunk driving, harder drugs like LSD and ecstasy, no accountability and denial... just a few parts of how Nigel's addiction progressed. Hear Nigel's story
Heroin was the drug that finally brought me to my knees.
Terry is a peer counselor at an outpatient clinic in New York but his main job, like he says, is being a sober man. He was in 7th grade when he first tasted alcohol, and though it didn't get out of hand at that time, a pattern was formed. Anytime he picked up alcohol he went "go hard or go home." He hated the taste but loved the feeling. Things did not get awful until later on for
You can get sober at any point & you can get off the elevator at any floor. You don't have to go to the bottom.
Sarah's last drink was in July 2009. She picked up her first drink around age 13. It just happened one day- started going to parties and then it was off to the races, like everybody else around her at the time. Moderation was not a thing and she couldn't understand anyone who could have a beer and just go home. That wasn't in the cards for her; it wasn't how her brain worked. H
Life reminds me everyday to 'Remember My Why' because the old me is always there
Carl is in recovery and has been sober and clean for 24 years. He is a yoga teacher and meditation teacher and carries the message of recovery in his classes, as well as in a podcast he has called 'Close to the Bone,' which is on Apple and Spotify. As far as he can remember he was a bit lost and uncomfortable being social and he came across fellow musicians and through them he started hi
I kept thinking I'm drinking because I'm depressed as opposed to realizing I'm depressed because I'm drinking.
Mark is a 60 year old alcoholic who found that out about himself later in life. He walked into the rooms of AA 8.5 years ago and was sure of two things: that he wasn't an alcoholic and was also positive he was not going to stay in the program. For decades he had drank from the moment he woke up to the moment he went to sleep and no one had ever said tp him that he was an alcoholic. Not his wi
The thing that you thought was keeping you alive; the thing that you thought was allowing you to function, was the thing that destroyed you.
Michael grew up in Yonkers, NY and came from an Irish Catholic family with eight brothers and sisters. He is currently married with two kids and 33 years ago he chose to get sober and it saved his life. Mike liked alcohol and drugs and he felt they found him. He truly never thought he would stop drinking and using drugs because those were the things that kept him together. It allowed him to be a p
When things aren't going my way and I am feeling that spiritual cholesterol, I maintain the grind and know I will be alright.
Craig has come a long way and really believes he is living in the second half of his life.Craig's first drink was at 7 years old and he realized that the funny sensation he got would eventually subside in his stomach, and he did this for another 30 years. He started to get arrested at age 15/16 and his PO would send him to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and at that age he actually believed the
I came to realize I was completely powerless over the disease of addiction.
Cydney's addiction came out through self harm at a young age. She had her first drink at age 16 and when she drank it became a form of escapism and there was no controlling the quantity... it was lets see how far we can go so I don't have to feel the way I am feeling.She started cutting herself in eight grade and it was a release for her. When she felt she needed to punish herself for ev
I didn't realize I was having problems until alcohol took them away.
Daniel had to learn a lot of lessons to get to day one of sobriety. At 15, he discovered marijuana. Despite it giving him crippling anxiety, he continued on thinking maybe it would make him feel better. Because of the addiction, that became the pattern with every substance that ever touched his lips. He recognized his patterns were destructive and kept telling himself that this time would be &quo
Take that leap of faith and give yourself a chance.
Kenny believes it is important to give hope to people who need it, because at some point in his life, that was given to him.He got sober at 21, which shows you can get sober at any age. Now, with 30 years of recovery under his belt, he discusses how growing up within an alcoholic household and the destructive path he later took shaped his addiction. After going through a lot of turmoil, he got to
My life doesn't exist today until I figured out that drinking doesn't work.
Raised with alcoholics, Jon was age 6 the first time alcohol touched his lips. By age 12, he was drinking with his older brothers and just fell in love with it. It was the best medication he ever found. He found what eliminated all of the noise, fear and trauma. Alcohol was the only thing that worked and he wasn't sure how he could live without it. Following multiple DUI's, and a possib
There's no one way to the top of the mountain; it's a journey.
Carl is a TV personality, starring on Bravo's hit show "Summer House," as well as a director, producer, actor and entrepreneur. Faced with childhood traumas as well as adult trauma, Carl had buried a lot in his life, only to have to face his anxiety and depression, as well as fear, to get to the growth and opportunities sobriety gave him. Losing his brother to a drug overdose was a
The gifts of recovery are beyond my wildest dreams.
Marisa started experimenting with substances at age 7. She battled anxiety, an eating disorder, multiple health issues and a difficult living situation. She chose to isolate within her addiction and was able to slide under the radar from her loved ones for many years . At 29, she got clean for the first time. In her final relapse before getting sober, she ended up in a crack den using crack and he
I was meant to "fail" to find the path that I was meant to take.
Jessica is a successful singer/songwriter, musician and humanitarian whose debut album 'Lone Rider' charted at the top during its release, and continues to chart all around the world. Her single "You Save Me" is a song that centers around mental health and it shows how music is such a powerful force in peoples lives and that it can truly save us. Jessica discusses how music has
Drugs made me feel absolutely nothing but I also felt like Superman at the same time.
Paul is both a veteran as well as a felon. He started using and abusing alcohol and drugs at an early age. It went from pot to pills to heroin. His disease progressed, as it does, and after receiving a DWAI he had a wake up call and decided to go into the Air Force to try to get back on track.Things got better but he quickly fell back into his old crowd and old behaviors. Heroin got a hold on him
I never had a legal drink or a drug in my life.
Brian bottomed out at the age of 20 having never had a legal drink or drug in his life. He drank alcohol because alcohol worked. It helped him ease into situations, made things happier and he felt invincible. It was his medicine.
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